If anyone could be called the First Lady of the Syrian Jewish community in the United States. it would be Alice Shalom. She was born in Aleppo. Syria and Immigrated to the United States In 1910. In 1917. she married Isaac Shalom. and this blessed union became one of the most productive partnerships not only In the history of the Syrian Jewish community. but In the entire American Immigrant experence. rs. Shalom helped to start and to sustain a community which served as the model for successful ethnic groups in our Nation. The Syrian Jewish community. which has flourIshed mightily in my own district In Brooklyn. has developed a remarkable network of schools. synagogues. and community organizations.
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